Threatening and Bloodthirsty

English translation courtesy hancinema.net from the original article at news.naver.com

Lee Byung-hun’s threatening’ bloody muscles’ in Hollywood

The still-cuts from the Korean Wave star, Lee Byeong-Heon’s first Hollywood international debut film, “I Come With The Rain” were finally released.

Recently, the photos were uploaded to an American film site, in which Lee Byeong-Heon showed off his powerfully built body. His bloodied body and the bloodthirsty expression were frightening.

“I Come with the Rain” is directed by Director Tran Anh Hung (“Mui du du xanh” -”L’odeur de la papaye verte” (“The Scent of Green Papaya”), “Le Van Loc” (“Cyclo”)) and is a collaborate work between France and America. Lee Byeong-Heon is appearing as a head of Hong Kong mafia.

No Limits?

Thanks to kdramafanusa-EverythingLBH, soompi.com for the highlight from ISplus 2008-02-25

[Special Report] Is there a limit to the stars’ guarantees?

Recently, the Minister of Culture and Arts, Yoo In-Chun’s private property was revealed to be over 14 billion-won. Some said that he had gained too much wealth, but he thinks otherwise. He said, “These are all from my 30 years of acting career. Some may think I have too much private wealth, but look at Bae Yong-joon“.

How much would the stars be paid? Recently, the guarantees of the Korean Waves stars’ moved to around 50 million-won (~$US 50,000) for every drama episodes. The following article investigated the skyrocketing increases in the stars’ guarantees.

At this very moment, the guarantees in the film industry remained relatively constant since 2005~2006. Even though, the stars get paid few billion-wons for every film, it’s relatively slow increase compare to the geometric progression in the guarantees of the Korean Waves stars.

On top of that, as the Korean film industry had few downturns and the reduction in the production fees came about, some sensible actors reduced their guarantees to ease the situation. For example, the top star, Cha Seung-won halved his guarantee when he appeared in “A Day with My Son” last year; and Kim Hye-soo asked much lower than her usual standard in “Eleventh Mom“. Lately Lee Na-young reduced her guarantee in the Director Kim Ki-duk’s low-profit film, “Bi Mong” and Park Eun-hye appeared in the Director Hong Sang-soo’s “Night and Day” without any payments.

The experts say this practice of finding the ’sensible amount of performance fee’ between the stars and the production crew will continue for sometime.

However, the fierce competition between the stars for the highest guarantee still continues. Because their guarantee is directly linked to the star’s power and influences. And furthermore, it is an indicator of their popularity and a source of their pride.

According to the experts, the guarantees of the ‘A+’ movie top stars are around 0.5 billion (~$US 500,000) to 0.55 billion-won (~$US 550,000). This standard had not changed since 2006, which had the peaked success in the Korean film industry.

The ‘A+’ category includes top actors such as Song Kang-ho and Seol Kyeong-gu. These actors worth their high guarantees because they have high naming values as well as making a strong appeal to the audiences. The Korean Waves stars such as Lee Byeong-Heon, Jang Dong-gun, Bae Yong-joon and Jung Woo-sung, also receives around 0.5 billion-won and are categorised as the ‘A+’ group. They may not receive as much, in terms of the actual amount of the guarantees, but they possess a great potential in success in the overseas countries and other additional business, which make them the no.1 choice by many film directors. This group includes Cha Seung-won, Jeong Joon-ho, Hwang Jeong-min and Lee Jeong-jae. In particular, Hwang Jeong-min had the most rapid increase in his guarantee ever since the hit of “You are my Sunshine” in 2005.

[ICWTR] Autumn release, maybe?

Thanks to cacao at lovelbh.com for the movie highlight from the article at vietnamnet.vn. Photo from theyshootpictures.com; thanks to MRS.le at EverythingLBH, soompi.com

Overseas Vietnamese director returns with Hollywood superstar

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese French director Tran Anh Hung is producing a film entitled “I come with the rain”, with the participation of famous Hollywood and Asian actors.

“I come with the rain” is the first English-speaking film by Tran Anh Hung, with Josh Hartnett playing the lead. This is the first film Tran Anh Hung has made, after Mua he chieu thang dung (The vertical ray of the sun) eight years ago.

Josh Hartnett, 30, has starred in over 20 films, including The Black Dahlia (2006), Sin City (2005), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Pearl Harbor (2001).

Besides Josh Hartnett, “I come with the rain” will also feature famous Asian actors Lee Byung Hun (South Korea), Takuya Kimura (Japan), Shawn Yue (Hong Kong) and his wife Tran Nu Yen Khe.

The film is about Kline (Hartnett), a former policeman in Los Angeles, who has become a private detective. Kline is hired to go to the Philippines to see Shitao (Takuya Kimura), a lost son of a billionaire. The search leads Kline to Hong Kong, where he meets his old friend, also a policeman (Yue). He then faces off with gangster Su Dongpo (Byung Hun) and his girlfriend (Yen Khe).

Top of the List

Translated gist provided by kdramafanusa at EverythingLBH, soompi.com from article at isplus.joins.com

HIGHEST PAID MOVIE STARS
1. Song Kang-ho, Seol Kyeong-gu — 500-550 million
2. Lee Byeong-heon, Jang Dong-gun, Bae Yong-joon, Jeong woo-seong — 500 million
3. Cha Seung-won, Jeong Jun-ho, Hwang Jeong-min, Lee Jeong-jae

Gone away..

February 22, 2008… 3 years have passed.. so swiftly..

LEE EUN JOO

Captures from gobungee.kr

Lee Eun Joo
http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=746

[GI JOE] Weight & Sea

Thanks to the highlight by kdramafanusa at EverythingLBH, soompi.com; from original article at star.moneytoday.co.kr and translated by hancinema.net

Rain – Lee Byeong-heon, how much would they get paid in Hollywood?

On 13th, the singer and actor Rain revealed that he’s going to appear as the main role in the Wachowski brothers’ next film, “Ninja Assassin” after completing shooting the “Speed Racer”. And Lee Byeong-Heon went to US last month to shoot his Hollywood debut film, “G.I. Joe” (produced by the Paramount. co.). Ever since, the Korean Wave stars’ have set their first foot in their entrance to the Hollywood.

If so, how would they be treated in the Hollywood? One of the main areas of interest is how much they will be paid in Hollywood. Even though they receive the one of the highest fees in Korea, they are new faces in the Hollywood.

The Hollywood top stars such as Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise receive over 40 billion-won. However, the new faces get around 0.9 billion-won, which varies according to their popularity.

First of all, Rain and Lee Byeong-Heon are paid higher than other new stars in Hollywood, but not so high as they are new in Hollywood.

[ICWTR] Money and Blood..

Translated gist provided by ylin at EverythingLBH, soompi.com from article at orientaldaily.on.cc

Lee Byung Hun, blood-splashed Hong Kong

Vietnamese director, Tran Ahn Hun who directed the movie “Cyclo”, recently led Josh Harnett, Kimura Takuya, Lee Byung Hun, Shawn Yue and his (Tran) wife Tran Nu Yen Khe to Hong Kong for scenes of his new movie “I Come With The Rain”. Some photos from the movie were recently released to public for the first time.

The movie talks about Josh who is a private detective, came to Hong Kong to help find a millionaire’s missing son and most of the scenes were shot in the old airport in Kowloon city.

[poster] ICWTR blood-y than ever

 Captures highlighted at yahoo.kr, with gist courtesy twitchfilm

Josh Hartnett and Lee Byung-Hun Get Bloody In Tran Ahn Hung’s
I COME WITH THE RAIN

Much acclaimed director Tran Ahn Hung of Cyclo and The Scent of Green Papaya fame looks set to take his career in a startling new direction with his new film, I Come With The Rain, an international crime thriller with a sterling global cast that includes Josh Hartnett, Lee Byung-Hun, Takuya Kimura, Elias Koteas, Tran Nu Yen Khe and Shawn Yue.

[image] Yo Joe!

Thanks to zoeve at EverythingLBH, soompi.com for the highlight

G.I. JOE Movie Logo

Image from superheroflix.com

July 10th GBW

GBW VOD courtesy gomata-EverythingLBH & thanks to the highlight at lovelbh.com, with gratitude to Angel70 & cacao

Info from CJ Entertainment as the official distributor

GBW’s nationwide release in Korea set on the 10th of July 2008

Source: www.cjent.co.kr & www.cine21.com

Not to be missed! ^^ A GBW clip after the break